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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-20
rur rr7TEE or 1HA PANCIKE

TIN. star-cycd goddess Of st. Louis Justice has
fined tie lady who tossed the pancake INTO the
ian Of the First Lady Of the Land lhc sum VI
$50. spot cash. 1t is pretty suh price. but thch
the genes Of all innovations upon the established
etiquette Of society is attended win dlscour
aecmcnt Fashion decided some time ago that "A
small piece Of Tastcboard known rs Ni'i'ihe
card was the proper thing for the use Oh "ulcs
who desired to cultivate friendly relations WIN
each other The 81. Louis dame who lam wouIu
zee the pancake surcrs'de the pastebo"'d met
with the common fate Of pioneers OF reform one
MAS snubbcd. The Judge before whom she was
droorcd oppicd the cruel terms "tumultuous
and obstrcrcrous TO her pancake. BESIDES IN
dieting damages in dollars upon her.
Madame : pluck will be- admired. Her conviction
that the pancake is better social implement
Than the pastcboard for the purpose OF bringing
fellow women together is an odd one, but 1t ~
proper that she should have the courage oil H.
We would not be understood as undertaking inc
pancaltc In its own sphere IL enjoys the respect
OF the American people without regard to polltcs
or religion, especially in high ATTITUDES ana
during the winter months at breakfast without
fear of contradiction il may bc claimed TINT 1t
fills a great IOpular want with conspicuous ability
All the same we must insist that il cannot invade
the function Of the visiting card with any pros
pcct of success 1t is difficult even for gifted
and experienced fancy to think Of
ladies going about leaving pancakes
on one another. The overllcxibility Of
the pancake. the impossibilty OF engraving names
upon it, It's proncncss to associate itself with a
II clly substance known as mOlasscs which is i'll
adal ted for contact with gowns and gloves, and
the difficulty OF constructing pancake case
I II L., for iall TuFrie1 las foi
hands rs n card case-th these considerations make
against the proposed read jusmcnt Of the etiquette
OF The period.
And still there is no telling. Why should not
the star of fashion as well Of empire take
the limited tain for the West? II 81. Louis
decides that the visiting card must go. and that
tie pancake must tIkc its place, does New York
or Paris pro- o.c to Kick? We shall Perhaps
some traveller from NcwZcaland one day Will
take his stand in the midst Of vast pile of
Discarded visiting cards 10 sketch ladies trying
10 write p i. G." on pancakes. If that time
ever arrives We shall rccur 10 the subject
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-20
MORE BOURBON HEAETLESSNEss.

FROM me SL Louis H'Phot"" tDe"''
"The New-YOrk Evening Post Is going to disguise
itself I'm eight page form II The Post woud Try
and print lttlc news and drop ia PecksnIffian style
mi ght find Itself numbered among the American
newspapers In the near future. Now that The Post"
has secured u press It shocld try and get an
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-20

SOMETHING VIEW AT THE ASToR LibhAn ,.s
The third volume Of the Aston Library ca'A Al, NJ
just been issued, and the fourth and maj 'o." Dr.
brought out some time before the end Of ne.'
Cessvslr, catalogue refers 70 the brarys books
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-20

Tn TErwrNY -uod Iitls Dig. and tr0t II shi along
when George Jones wnl-tc-.-(Ncw iorh siaI.
Don't worry. You can't scare NE IhIErNE
into turning around and Speaking i'll of u faithful
public servant rhou@h u POLITICAL Up oncnO like
DE lanocN Nicoll. merely because Mr.. George
.onc, has stumbled into letting his Young
people speak well OF the same man. We're glad
20 have Jones / ght. IHE lWbCNE has edited
The Ncw-lorb Times for years. All it ever
bad T. do to make that journal take any course
Tn IEIHUNE desired was TO let some mischicvous
pc son buzz Jones and make him think THE
rEIBrNT was very much Interested the other way.
II failed But the process can't he reversed.
The Ncw-Yorl< Times can't edit HE TRIBUNE.
Go your ways Br'cr Dorshcimcr: Try some other
shop
NcwYorlS Democrat declares. in n talk with
n correspondent of The Cincinnati ENQUIRER
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-20

There appears to be considerable reason in
the statement of Mr.. UOench, the Supern-
tendent of Buildings, that his force of inspec-
kors IA too small Obviously there should be
enough inspectors to keep careful watch upon
AL buildings in process of erection. This fact,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-20

II is high time that thc Office of Attorney
General of NcwYork cmanci atcd from ring
control. 1t has too long been private law Office
10 assist Governor Iill in making excuses for
vctong good legislation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-20

1t is boldly said that Controller Locw is 10 be
pitched overheard also by the bosses This only
emf hasizcs the notorious fact that all an official
has 10 do to DC stamped upon by the Democrats
is to perform hi, duty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-20

There Is no probability that Senator McPher-
son's answer to Mr.. Little's attack will end the
controversy between these two leaders of the
New-Jersey Democracy. Mr. Mcpherson is
mad clear through and doubtless cherlshes the
natural desire to make his end OF the fight as
lively as he can. He declares that the charges
are rehash of stories which he has heretofore
denied, and is solicitous to know why Mr.. Lit
tie has waited two years and half before taxi
ing up those denials. Possibly MIR. Little Will
think it worth while in the near future to meet
such reasonable anxiety half way.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-20

Secretary Cook and Treasurer Fitzgerald arc
responsible for adding heavily to NcwYorl's
burden Of taxation. But they are counting on
Newly orli'S vote just the same
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-20

Both the Tammany and the County Democ-
racy Conventions have named conference com
mittees of twenty-five each subcommittee
of seven on each side have been appointed; and
now the good work of making nominations by
the people-fourteen of them-is all ready to go
on BY to- morrow night the spontaneous pop
ular expression of the fourteen leaders Will
be fully formulated, and of course the conyen-
lions will ratify it. What the people Will do
with the ticket so made up, when they get
chance at it. remains to be seen. Meantime the
Irving Hall rump, not to be outdone in feeling
after popular public opinion, will meet tonight
and appoint a committee to confer with other
organizations, but notch, not for worlds =
with such irregular bodies as the two big
ones that arrogate to themselves the right to
make up in a cabal of fourteen ticket for
American freemeu to vote.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-20

A NcwY Democrat declares. in n talk with
a correspondent Of The Cincinnati Enquirer"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-20

Somebody has evidently been telling 1ammany
Hall that honesty is the best policy, and the
news was novel and enhancing TO Tammany
ms an announcement of the law Of gravltation
womb be 10 q IlnticntOt
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-09-28
The Coin of Four Great Nations.

The latest returns from the great reser-
voirs Of metallic money afford an Illus
tration of the prodigious growth OF the
United States in the financial transactions
of the world. The United States Treas
ury possesses $3.50, ,000,0 900 of silver and
$oS:;, 900, OO0 in gold; the Bank OF
France, $24l, ,OOO, 600 Of gold and $780,
900, 900 of silver; the Bank of England,
S121. 900, 600 of gold, reporting no silver;
the Imperial bank of Germany, $780,
600, 900 in gold and $40, 600, 900 in silver;
1t will thus lie perceived that the United
States Treasury holds $G2, 600, oOO, more
of gold than the Bank of England and
the Imperial Bank of Germany, the two
great reservoirs of precious metals IN
those powerful nations.
The figures look astounding to an
American who remembers that In the
DAYS OF the Van Burcn and Harrison adj
ministrations, forty-tive years ago, So
600, 900 or Sc, 600, 600 in gold and silver
was as much as our National Treasury
could scrape together. :,
1t should be understood that no SINAI!
portion of the gold and silver in the
United States Treasury is not owned by
the Government, but is placed there by
depositors who have implicit faith in the
integrity and fidelity of the Government,
At least $94, 600, 900 is in circulation IL
the form of gold certificates, and STA,
900, 900 in the form of silver certificates,
thus showing the confidence OF the peo'
ple in the Government as sacred trustee
of their most valued wealth.
It will be remembered that while
Charles II was King of England, when
his financial necessities were great, ne
did not hesitate to take the gold and sill
yer deposited by the people in the ex'
chequer for the uses of his Government.
Though the act was accompanied by a
promise to repay the same, historians have
denominated it robbing the eXchequer.
If in our country an individual should
present his gold certificate at the treasury
and find trat there was no gold there, ne
would be shocked beyond Imagination, SC
trustful was his faith in the fidelity Of
tile Government. That very fidelity has
brought untold millions into circulation
from the boards of the avaricious, who
are slow to have faith but when placed
it is implicit.
Had an individual in 1S47 stood on the
steps of the Government Custom House,
in Wall street, and proclaimed to a gather
ing crowd that the United States would,
in forty years, hold in its treasury more
than twice the amount of gold that the
Bank of England ever held, and $780,
900, 600 of silver in addition, the person
so speaking would have been hustled out
of the street by the congregated brokers
and bankers as a lunatic in need OF a
straight jacket. t.-Nem York Dispatch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-09-28
World Time.

We imagine, says Flammarion, that we
ascend very hi Oh into the past when we
behold the ancient pyramids still stand
ing on the plains of Egypt, the obelisks
covered with mysterious hieroglyphics,
the silent temples of Asia, the antique
pagodas of India, the idols of Mexico and
Peru, the secular traditions of Asia and
of our Aryan ancestors, the instruments
of the age of stone, the arms cut from
slick, the arrows, the spears, the knives,
the rasps and the stone sings of oui
primitive barbarism. We hardly dare to
speak of 10000, of 10000 years. But
even if we should admit 100, 900 years as
the age of our species SO slowly progress
i've, what would that be at the side OF
the apparently fabulous accumulation of
centuries which have preceded US in the
history of the planet2 Allowing but
100000 years to the quarternary age (the
existing age), we see that the tertiary
period must have lasted 800, years,
the secondary 1900, 900 years, the prim-
ary nearly 3,OOO,O 900, and the primordial
more than 5000, 900 years. What is this
history of life to the total history Of the
globe, which has required 100000, 900
years for the earth to solidify, while its
exterior temperature was descending to
200 deerees2 And how many millions
shall we need to add, to represent the
time which has elapsed between the
temperature of 200 degrees and that of
10 degrees, the probable maximum OF
organic life2
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-09-28
Sanitary Effect OF Rain.

"We commonly abuse our climate, I"
writes Mr. w. Mattieu Williams, ION
account of its humidity. This is a great
mistake. Frequent and moderate rain,
such as constitutes the characteristic Of
British climate, is the most effective of
all sanitary agencies. It cleanses the
ground, and, what is far more important,
it cleanses the air. The ammoniacal and
other exhalations, continually arising
from decomposing animal and vegetable
matter, are all more or less soluble in
water and are largely removed by gentle
rain. Besides these it absorbs and carries
down into rivers, and thence to the sea,
the excess of carbonic acid exhaled from
our lungs and produced by our fires and
lights. De Saussure found that shower
of rain removed about 25 per cent. of the
carbonic acid from the air over Lake
Geneva. Also that there was less over
the lake than over the neighboring
meadows and the great elevations of the
Alps where there was no water. The
atmosphere over the sea contains less than
one-fourth of the quantity in that over
the land. Far away at sea the quantity
is inappreciable, and at given place on
the coast it varies with the wind, increas-
ing as it blows from the land and oice
cersa. All these facts show that water
in contact with the air absorbs its car
bonic acid in decided practical degree.
In densely populated districts this is OF
considerable importance. The difference
is perceptible to the senses after a long
drought, as the common expression
refreshing showers indicates"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-09-28
Ancient Mode Of Banishing Vermin.

In 1749 appeared in the canton OF
Berne, Switzerland, an enormous NUMBER
of grubs; and it was feared that the
whole crop would be destroyed; there
fore the Council of the Commonwealth
sent deputation to the archbishop OF
Lausanne, with the petition to Danish the
obnoxious creatures from the canton. Ot
course it is not stated that the neighbor-
ing cantons had agreed to receive the
grubs, but the Archbishop seems not to
have considered the incongruity of said
petition. He gave an affirmative answer,
and authorized the priest at Berne to i'm
pose the banishment of the grubs, pro-
viding for strict observance of the Gus
toms and laws. After prayer, an ad-
yocate for the people was chosen. He
notified the court of his appointment,
and proposed the citation OF the grubs.
On a certain day some of the grubs were
brought before the court, and their ad-
vocate chosen. The priest, followed by
large crowd of pious people in solemn
procession, went to the cemetery, to the
fields, to the vineyards, and to the banks
of the river, to serve the summons on the
defendant. He delivered the following
at that time probably courteous-ad-
dress, as warning and as citation to the
felons:
"Ye hideous and degraded creatures,
ye grubsl There was nothing like ye in
the ark of Noah. BY orders of my au-
gust superior, the Archbishop of Lau-
same, and in obedience to the holy
church, l command ye all and every one
to disappear, during the next six days,
from every place where food grows for
man or beast. If not obedient, l enioin
We to appear on the sixth day, at 1
o'clock, afternoon, at Willisburg, be-
fore the Archbishop of Lausanne"
AS some righteous people objected be-
cause the citation was not exactly mace
in the manner provided by law, the case
was postponed, and, after lawful cita-
tion, another day was named. Then the
process began, The advocate chosen
for the defendant was Jean Perrodet,
we'll known dogmatical and obstinate
disputant. Perhaps it will appear some
what doubtful if the nomination Of this
advocate fulfilled exactly the demands Of
the law and custom of the time, as it is
stated that Mr.. Perrodet died short
time before his nomination. Neverthe-
less, the case and the complaint were
read; and, as no defender appeared, the
Judgment was given for the plaintiff.
ave, Bcnedictus, of Wonderland,
Archbishop of Lausanne, condemn and
excommunicate We obnoxious worms and.
grubs, that nothing shall be left of ye,
except such parts as can be useful to
man n-S,cjss erase
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-09-28
The First Lightning Rod.

If we arc to believe an Australian pa
per the first lightning roo was not con-
structeG by Franklin, but by monk Of
Seuftenbcrg, in Bohemia, named Prohop
'Diwisch, who installed an apparatus the
18th Of June, 1854, in the garden of the
curate of Prcnditz (Mortvia). The ap-
paratus was composed of a pole sur
mounted by an iron rod supporting
twelve curved up branches, and termi-
mating in as many metallic boxes, filled
with iron orc and closed by lockwood
cover, traversed by twenty-seven sharp
iron points, which plunged at their base
in the ore. All the system was united to
the earth by large chain. The enemies
of Diwisch, jealous of his success at the
court of Vienna, excited the peasants of
the locality against him, and under the
pretext that his lightning rod was the
cause of the great drought, they made
him take down the lightning rod which
he had utilized for six years. What is
most curious is the form of this first
rod, which was of multiple
points like the one which N. Nielsen e,
terward invented.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-09-28
Shoes Made in Quick Time.

eyes," said the proprietor of one of
our largest shoe manufactures in this
city to the writer: 1T doesn't take long
to make a pair of ladies' shoes. Some
time ago a gentleman and his wife
walked into our factory, and in just one
hour and thirty-thrcc minutes the lady
left the house wearing pair of fine shoes
which were made for her from the stock
while she was in the factory. This was
simply an experiment. These shoes were
made on single set of machinery and
passed through the hands of the different
operatives at their machines. BY run
ming a double set of machinery and
crowding the machines our crew of one
hundred men make six hundred pairs of
shoes in day, or one pair of shoes per
minute. That is six pairs of shoes to a
man. .r-Potland (M.) Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-09-28
The Home Of Washington.

Mount Vernon, Under the management
af lady regents, is now a model farm. In
the dining-room is the sideboard used by
the family and returned to Mount Vernon
by Mrs. Robert L. Lee, the great-grand
daughter of Mrs. Washington. The
room in which Washington died is fitted
up throughout with the original furni-
ture. The vice regent for Virginia is
Mrs. Emma Read Ball, whose husband is
= grandson of Washiugton's niece. The
estate, which includes 200 acres, is kept
in fine state of cultivation. The revenue
comes from the sale of flowers and sweet
milk, which latter is sold by the glass in
the family kitchen. Under the condi-
tions of transfer the mansion must be
kept in repair, but it must not be
changed. In the flower garden the box
plant which edges the walks is preserved
in the exact design of she hedges planted
by Washington. The four big sweet
shrub trees, givcn. to him by Jefferson,
still grow in beauty where they were
planted so long ago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-09-28
The SeryiceabIe Toad.

Toads, next to snakes, says Ben Perley
Poorc in the Cultirator, are hated ano
dcspised. yet in a garden they devow
multitudcs of insects that prey on tht
labors of man, and do not meddle witt
any of the plants, fruits or flowers thai
REQUIRE his cultivation. Some writer
have denied that the toad under any cir
cumstances was poisonous; but this is I,
mistake. When in danger, or when irrl
tatcd, the tubercular elevations on the
backs and sides have the power of secret
ing a milky fluid, as every one may
readily ascertain, and every school boy
who is in the habit of pclting them with
stones we'll knows. This fluid, given fol
defence, as I suppose, is decidedly pol
synous, as its effects on other animals
fully prove. This is the only power OF
iniuring it possesses; and this secretorJ
and offensive power appears to reside IN
the skin, as the animal is frequently
skinned and sold with the frog in the
markets of Europeans cities for food, and
eaten with impunity.
Notwithstanding his clumsy and un'
calmly appearance, there are few animals
so quick of motion rs the toad and this
is shown most distinctly in taking his
insect food. It will not unfrequently,
in warm summer evening, when door:
are open, make its entrance into the
house, where it feeds on flies that ap'
proach. Seated on its launches, 1t sur.
vcys the floor with great gravity; but il
an unwary fly alight within four or i've
inches it disappears with incredibly.
ouickness. There can be a slight mo-
ton of the toad diocovered, q quick
snap, as of the jaws, is heard, but the
position of the animal is unchanged,
while his prey vanishes with the velocity
of lightning. A close examination
shows, however, that there is slight
motion of the body forward, without
moving the feet; and the snap is pro.
duccd by the shutting of the mouth after
the tongue has seized and secured the
insect, though so quickly is the opera.
ton performed that the tongue is never
distinctly seen. The lightning's flash is
hardly more quick or fatal than the snap
of this reptile to the insect he aims at.
Toads are believed to remain, when
unmolcsted, in the same places for many
years, going into winter quarters and
coming out in the spring. In England
they are purchased by gardeners, who
prize them very highly. and although
poets have marked them cut as objects of
diversion, no reptile is of such actual
coryicn tO man.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-09-28
Butterine MicrOScOped.

Dr. Thomas Taylor, microscopic to the
Department of Agriculture at Washing
ton, has in the last annual report Of that
Department shown by means of photo
mierographs and colored plates, illustra-
tions of the crystallization of butter and
other animal fats. Hc shows that the
fats of different animals differ in their
crystallization, and asserts that if but
ter, lard. and becf-fat are separately
boiled and gradually cooled, the crystals
that are formed will show marked differ
ences under microscopic examination.
These differences are easily to be seen in
the photographs alluded to, and they
point out ready means of detecting
butter which has been adulteratcd by
spurious fats.-ChamJers's Journal.;
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-09-28
Oscillation of ChiMneyS.

The extent or degree of the oscillation
of chimneys has been exactly measured
by observation of the shadows cast by
the sun upon the ground. An instance
in point is that of chimney 1l5 feet
high and four feet in diameter externally
at the top, near Marseilles, France, the
oscillations of which were observed by
the shadow during high wind to attain
a maximum of twenty inches.-NeaO York
SuD
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-09-28
Marvellous Little Moxie.

The Moxic craze is the latest, and it bids fair
to last, as the physicians say it takes the place
of stimulants, and tonics, leaving no reaction.
Consequently, its place cannot be filled. The
medical world it is said, have been. waiting
are only temporary relief, and are eventually
as destructive to nerve force as overwork and
exhaustion. Stimulants and medicines never
cure nervousness or nervous exhaustion. 1t is
tite for LIQUORS as we'll, satisfies the nervous
system as well, at once, leaving only the best
1fo
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-09-28
aThe BLOOD is the Life"

Thoroughly cleanse the blood, which is the
Medical Discovery, and good digestion. a fair
skin, buoyant spirits, vital strength and sound
ness of constitution will be established
Golden Medical Discovery cures all humors,
from the common pimple. blotch, or eruption,
cially has it proven its efficacy in curing Salt
rheum or Tetter, Fevcr-sores, Hip-joint Disease,
Scrofulous sores and Swellings, Enlarged
Glands, and Eating Ulcers.
Golden Medical Discovery cures Consump-
ton (which is Scrofnla of the .Lungs), by its
wonderful blood purifying, -invigorating, and
nutritiye. properties. For Weak, Lungs, Spit
Severe Coughs, Asthma, and kindred affec-
tions, 1t is a sovereign remedy. 1t promptly
cures the severest Coughs.
For Torpid Liver, Biliousness, or Liver
an unequaied remedy. Sold by druggists.